Fruit-pitting machine



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FRUT PITTNG MACHINE.

' Patented Spt. lQMlSQCL tin'irreio 'tries iper-,enr Erice.

JAMES T. li, Ol? SAN FRANCESCO, UALFORNIA.

FRUlTPlTT-iiit? MACHIN.

SPECIFCA'IIGN forming peri; of Letters Potent No. 436,629, dated September 16, 1890.y I Application fiiedillivemher 12, 1889. Serial ile. 330,085- (No model.)

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lle it known lhzit l, .Minis 'l. isn, il citizen ol` the United States, residing in the city and county ol b'nn lfrnneiseo, Stato ol (Qnliiornic, have invented in l nprovement in Fruit-ltitt-ing' Machines; nnrl l hereby declare thc ich lowingr to he :L fnll litem', and exact descrip `tion of the'sanic. My invention relntes to the elzejs ol' inn-- 1o chinos for pitting lfrnit; ond it consists in the novel constructions, conihinntions, anni in rangements hereinafter folly described, and specifically pointed out in the clninis.

'lhe object of my invention is to provide n i5 .eirnpleend effective lrnilfpittingr machine.

iteljerring to the accompanying drawings lor o more complete explanation ol' my invention, ljignre. l is n perspective view olf my ruitrpitting machine. Fig. 2 is :i detail showeo ing the connection of Jche com l'renie or stx-:ip with the mns oi` the holders. l A A are n. series oll clips, which aire mounted 'upon a. traveling carrier ii :it one end ol the machine, sa-iid carrier being mounted nien, sprocket-wheels l5 ll. A lieveling inolion imparted to this enrrierby ineensol' nslirocli.- et-wheel (j, mounted upon the shalt i; ol' one .of the wheels il, nn endless chnin c, und L -Sprocket-wheel c on the end ol' the ilrive- 3o shaft l :it the other end ot the machine.

Supported hy n lrnnlc i), about the center of the machine, nrc horizontal. siffle guides rl.

:ind upon these guides litied und ndzipteil to slide buck and lortli zeroes pleite d', l'roin which, extend fin'wzrrdly the friction-.sprlnos il, which beur ngninst the sides oi the hori mental guides el.

.livoted Upon the platte nl" nl, the points f `nrc 'the two independent :mns l, which extend .go forwardly und curry in iheiri'orwnrd ends the cup-shaped holders E. The reni' ends ol` the crine i? overlap, anni ere provided with nn elongated sloth/'f7 through which passes :i pin f2,- lfroni which extends hackwnrdly :in erin Il, having nt its rear end L lient connecting-roll 74,", the rear end of which is connected with the com freine or Strap il. 'lhis strap coneiste of an elongated frame. having its sides straight eind parallel and its ends cnrvcgl, ns 5o ehown, and scifi strop is guided in its nio'vement by the rods h2,extendingorwzrrdiy nid lnieimverdly from it end gnit'ied suitably' by lined socket-pl=ites h on thev mitin frame of the machine.

On the pmvenshnft l is secured the cfu-n J, ol" the shape shown nntl mlapted to operate .within the friune orstrap ll.

llroni this construction it will lic seen that by rotating the shnl't l the coin J, operntng in the l'rztnle or slrnpll, will inovcit forward 6o :ind lmok. and this movement clccts,throngh the eonneeiing-rod /i sind :n'ni 71A, the operation. ol' the cnn-shaped holders E, :is follows: lhe l'orwftril moveinentiol' thc arm 7i has the innnellinte elcct of spreading the arms F on their pivotal centers to o'pcir the holders E, und this movement of the arms does not af-- feci; :it first their forward projectioinl'or the pin or holt; f2, moving in the slot f', opens thc arms. hefore it moves the'sliding plate d', 7o which plete is held temporarily by the springs f/ nctingon the sides of thc horizontal guides 1l'. lt not until the holders E are .fully opened tiret seid holders nre projected forwnrilly by the sliding picto d# The shaft I` also impnrs n trnvcling movement to the carrier o, so that. the cups Aero successively .ln-ought into vjiixteposilzion with the projected holders E, which, passing' on cach side of the. Fruit in one ol? the oups A, are 'ready to 'take 8o hohl o' seid fruit and ceri-y it backwerdly. 'lhe heldere close on the fruit by the oncle werd movement of the arms, which thereby force together the arms F and ltheir holders, the letter being held in tlrisposition lhya, spring i., extending between the arms l".

lili nre ol'iposiingr knivesM-onc above and one below. lhese knives are carried by stems or shrinks l), which. extend bi'iclnvardly find` :ire supported Upon roelcshalts Z1, to which go t ley nrc pivoted at the points l?, whereby they nniy hnve not only nn tip-mnhdown movenienf, lint may also have :L lzitcml movement about their pivots l. The iezir ends of thc shnnks or'scins l) have studs orpins 0, which 95 nre ndnpted to he engaged and en ated by i ineens of the cmns'g'jin the nia-in shaft', lijn' the grooves ot' which the`v studs rest. These cams are ol.' such fr nature este effect the oppositelyrecinroeuting movement in when xoo iief'l plenos of the two Shanks or stemlil'lil, whereby their knives L ere worked up andy down, and also hy means of sw'tztblef lateral projections,` one of which is shown at q, Said cams are adapted to swing the shanks or stems 0 laterally, thereby separating the knives in a lateral plane after t-hey have been brought together on' the fruit. A spring U connects the two Shanks O an@ serves to hold them together.

The knives L L have concave centers, (shown at DL) and projecting from these ccnters are the separate independent points N, which extend up past the face of cach knife and freely through the shank or stem thereof, and. have their upper `ends connected with springs R, whereby they are held projected,

and yet yield when necessary.

The operation of the entire machine is follows:' ,lhe fruit is placed in the cups A from any suitable source, as trom a table, (not here showrn) located conveniently to the series of cups. As each cup ot the series moves onwardly, the holders E are opened and projected toward it, passing on each side. Then they come together on the fruit and carry it backwardly into position between the knives L L, which at this time have separated, as shown in Fig. l. Then the knives come together so that their cutting-edges divide the fruit, while the points N" engage the pit of the fruit. 1When the knives have closed down on the fruit and cut its flesh from the pit, they then separate laterally, so that the pointshlgive the-pit a kind of twist, while the knives themselvcs'separate the flesh from the pit, and as the knives open again and the holders separate the fruit is released, which falls into a suitable receptacle below.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1, In a fruit-pittinfc,r machine and in combination with knives or cutters and means'lor advancing the lrdit thereto, the reciprocatingholders for receiving` and holdingthc fruit While the knives or cutters operaie upon it, substantially asl described.

i?, In a fruit-pitting machine, the combination of the serios oftrav'eling cups A for the fruit, the reciprocating holders l, for taking the fruit from the cups and carrying it to position, and suitable knives for` cutting the fruit while in the holders, substantially as herein described. v

ln a t'ruit-ptting` machine, the combination el the serif-sbl traveling' cups A l'o'r the fruit, the reciprocating holders ll, for taking the fruit l'rom the cupsand carrying it to position, andthe oppositely-movinj,Y knives L above and below said holders and. adapted to cut the fruit while in them, substantially as herein described.

Il. In atruit-pittinr machine, the eombinali-l tion of the holders E and the opposil ely-movinf; knives L, operating above and below the holders, for cutting the fruit, saidknivcs having -a Laterally-swinging movement when closed'on the trnit l'orseparatingthe lesh i' rom the pit, substantially as herein described.

5. In. a fruit-pitting machine, the combina- N, in connection with the'knives, for engag-A ing,r the pit, substantially as herein described.

7. In a fruit-pitting machine, the combination of the traveling series of cups A, for

holding the fruit, the separable reciprocating Y holders E, for taking,r the fruit from the cups and carrying it to position, and the oppositely-reciprocating and laterally-swinging knives L, for cutting the fruit while in the holders and. separating its flesh from the pit, substantially as herein described.

8. The combination of the traveling series of cups A, forholding the fruit, the separable reciprocating` holders E, for takingr the fruit from the cups and carrying it to positicmthel oppositcly-reciprocating- `and laterally-swinginsr knives L, for cutting` thefruit and separatingT the flesh from the pit, and the sliding sprl lig-controlled pois ts N, in connection with the knives, forengagingthe pit, substantially as herein described.

.l. In a truiopitting machine, the holders E and the pivoted arms F by which they are' carried, in combination with the sliding plate to which the arms are pivoted,and the means for openingr and closing the holders, consistq ingr of the arm l1', connected with the rear ends ot thc arms F., the connectingaod h, the cam Aframe or strap ll, and the cam J on the main shaft ol the machine and operating in the frame or strap, substantially as herein described.v

l0. ln a [ruitqiitting machine, the holders E and the pivotcd arms ll by which they are carried, in combination with the means for opening and closing said holders andinoving them forward and back, consisting of the slidingr plate 1V, to which thearms l? are pivoted, the arm h, connected with the rear ends oi the arms F, the connecting-rod 71.',the cam frame or strap ll, and the cam ou the main shaft, substantially as herein described.

ll. In a fruit-pitting machine, the holders E andthe arms l" by which they are carried, in combination with the sliding plate d', to which the arn'ls l1` are pivoted, the horizontal fixed guidcsd, onwhich the platcis mounted, andthe l'l'ictionalspring-strap(Zcarried bythesliding` plate and bearimor on the fixed guidcaby which the movement ot' said sliding plate is temporarily delayed, the arm h, having a sliding connection with the rear 'ends ol the l",

the connecting-rod h', the cam traine or strap ll, and the cam .l on the main shaft, snhstantially as herein described.

l eeeee 3 12. In e fruibpittngmeehine, the endless carriera, hevingthe eeriee of cupe A secured to it, and the means folv-friving said carrier, consisting of the endless chain c, the mein shaft l', and intervening eproeket-wheee by which the power of Said shaft ie transmitted tothe carri'elgin eombiuaon with the hodere E, the pvoted e'ems' F, carryingsed homere, he sliding plee d2 carrying the arme, the cam J en the Shaft-1f, and nervenng eenneetions between said cam mii the `sliding plaie? whereby ehe holders me reeprmeted mld opened end eeeeubstan Helly as hex'ein deseribe 13. Iuefruit-pittiug meehiue, tlhe opposing knives L and the Shanks or stems, U earyng them, in combination with the rock-shafts p, to which the stems m ehenke we pivotelly connected, the mein shaft and the @am Q ou seid shaft, with which the stems er eheuuke of the knives engage, whereby seid. knives are oppesitely Teepreeate and me @Waag in iat eral planes te separate them, eubstenielly es herein deeexbe,

let. A fruit-pmag machine consisting of he combination of the traveling series of cups Ashe separable reeprocejtiug holders Eheving; pivoted arms by which they are carried, me eppostey-recipmeeting and laeraly- Swinging knives L, having eheuks O, the sprng-eontx'ee; Sliding pointe N, operating in eonneeriou Wim. ,wei knives, the mein shaft [the cem l thefeosa, mervening connectiene between seid eem andthe arms of the heldere for opening and dosing them an@ moving them femm-ed and beek, the came Q on the Shaft engaging the Shanks of the knives for operating them, the eproekebwheel c on said. shaft, ami powe-eonnections by which its motion is trensmte to the traveling series ef cups, e'arauged and adapted to operate eubsmntiely as herein deseribei.

)In witness wheieef I have hereunto set my hand.

JAMES T. ISH. Wtneeses: v

S. NOURSE, ,.H. (l LEE. 

